Tagged: Nail Polish

Good morning!

Today I’ve got some fun new colors from Cheeky Monkey Cosmetics for spring/summer 2010. If you haven’t heard of Cheeky Monkey, check out my previous post here.

This is a collection of 4 new colors that are all really great, though very different from one another. They might not all be what you think of when you think “summer”.

Check them out below!

Tease

Tease is a pale grey creme with strong hints of lavender. That is exactly what makes this color so special, in my eyes. I have a lot of pale grey cremes, but nothing like this. This applied very nicely, no streaking or any problems. This was two coats.

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Haaaaayyyyy people!

So it’s Tuesday and the beginning of the work week for me. Yay for four day work weeks; why aren’t they ALL this way?

Eyeko Makeup has a new collection of nail colors for summer and I’ve got them for you today.

I have reviewed some of their polish in the past here and here and had issues with the thickness and streakiness of the formula. I am pleased to say that this collection was MUCH better. The newer bottle shape is loads better (though the original shape was cute) and the light colors here are better than the previous pastel colors.

Peep ‘em out below.

Petite Polish

Petite Polish is a super pale, almost nude ballerina pink. It’s extremely sheer even after three coats, so it’s not my favorite. But it would work well in a very conservative setting or if you just wanted a clean shiny look to your nails.

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What’s up?

Yep, I am up to my tricks again and this time I am giving away something really fun to FOUR lucky people!

This giveaway was kind of inspired by the whole OPI debacle with many of our beloved e-tailers. In case you haven’t heard, OPI has asked them to remove their products from being sold in their online stores. Honestly, I can see both sides of this, and am not going to get involved in the politics here. BUT I do know that now it’s going to be harder for people to get their hands on OPI products (or a lot more expensive at least), so I figured I would help you out a little.

The details:

I am giving away 4 sets of the OPI Shrek Forever After Mini collection to 4 different winners. This set includes mini bottles of the colors in the picture above which are: What’s With The Cattitude?, Rumple Wiggins, Who The Shrek Are You? and Fiercely Fiona.

If you want to see my full swatches & review of this collection you can view it here.

WHO: Anyone can enter and I especially encourage International folks since OPI is so expensive where you live!

WHAT: 4 mini OPI Shrek Forever After sets

WHEN: Open now until Sunday, May 30th at 11:59 pm, PST

WHY: Because I can

HOW: There are THREE (yes three) ways you can enter (but please only enter one time each way for a max of three entries)

• Leave a comment here on what your favorite OPI color of all time is
• Subscribe to my YouTube channel here. Those who are already subscribed are automatically entered
• Follow me on Twitter @VampyVarnish and re-tweet (RT) the following: Follow @VampyVarnish and RT to win OPI Shrek Forever After Mini Set http://tinyurl.com/3yovk9w

I will choose the 4 (random) winners on May 31st and contact them via email. Please understand you only have 72 hours to respond if you are contacted before I have to pick another winner.

Good luck!

-VV

Howdy!

As you probably already know, Sally Hansen has a new-ish line out of polishes called Complete Salon Manicure. Well there are some new colors for summer 2010 and I’ve got a few to show you.

Sadly, most of these are pretty sheer. The dreaded sheer. I don’t think I know a single person who actually likes sheer colors, so I can’t figure out who they are marketing these to unless they just want you to buy it because it looks good in the bottle, or they expect you will layer it. Either way I was a little disappointed with the lack of opacity, but I still liked all the colors.

The formula was pretty good on these (despite the 3 coats minimum), but I’m not fond of the wide, tapered brush much.

I want to apologize in advance of these pics, they are not my best. I was rushing, it was late afternoon, and they are washed out. All the pics sucked, but I figured I could still show the best ones I took.

Check them out below.

Ring My Shell

Ring My Shell is a very pale pink/lavender with silver shimmer and a flash of yellow/gold. I like that this isn’t a plain ‘ole pale pink shimmer, it is unique. This was three coats.

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Good morning!

Today I’ve got the new Sephora by OPI colors for summer 2010. Well I have 4 out of 6 of them at least.

I have reviewed a lot of colors in this line by now and overall I really think the polish is pretty nice. I do wish they were less expensive and I am not fond of the bottle shape, but I can’t control everything I suppose.

The formula on these was pretty decent. I did have some clumping at the tip with one of them, but I think that was more my fault for applying too thick and fast rather than the polishes fault.

Read on!

Read My Palm

Read My Palm is yep, you got it, a mint green creme. What can I say, it’s pretty, flattering and opaque in two coats. It has a slightly dusty effect compared to some other mint greens I have. I love it. I think I am going to have to add this and yet another mint green I got yesterday to another mint green post soon!

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